Japanese Invasion of Alaska - Pacific War DOCUMENTARY
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Kings and Generals' historical animated documentary series covering the Pacific War continues with a video on the Japanese Invasion of Alaska - the Aleutian Islands campaign of 1942-1943, as we cover the battles of Dutch Harbor, Attu, Kiska, Amchitka, Komandorski Islands, and Cottage as Japan attacks the American soil in a sustained fashion for the first and only time putting the US forces on the back foot for a moment.
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Thank you for this outstanding video!
K&G please more World War II videos. Love theses.
Thank you for these long form videos about historic wars and empires. I love these long form videos. Especially about the roman empire 😊
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My father-in-law was a radio-telephone operator in the US Army Signal Corps during the battles of Attu and Kiska. It saddens me that I didn't take the time to talk with him about his service before he passed.
I feel the same way about those in my life who served. To everyone, ask your elders about the history they lived!
I was infantry but was attached to a signal company while in Afghanistan.They have some of the most important jobs in the army!
@@FJVIImy grandfather was very clear he did not want to talk about his war experience. He was a stretcher bearer and probably saw the worst of war and was eventually badly wounded himself. We understand that he only talked about his war with other veterans and then rarely.
Sometimes its better not to ask, i know a few vets and asking them about their service only gives them panick attacks or sends them into depression from tbe memories
I served on Adak. In 1980, I met a number of the people that built the first runway and the pilots that flew there. They said the weather waa a huge impact to all arial operations. There just aren't that many 'good flying days' in a year. It impeded both sides.
Two hour long professional production on the Japanese invasion of Alaska ?! Incredible
The history we deserve
Heck yeah this was unexpected. Wow what a cool episode, loved the info boxes to.
@@ericcrawford3453 really! He did do so well on this. Watched the entire two hours and didn’t loose interest once .
Professional production?
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder I suppose. Personally I found 2 hours of constant, non stop yapping while showing stock war footage and illustrations to be somewhat annoying. But to each, his own I guess.
I have to be honest, I only made it to 13:37 before I couldn't stand to listen anymore. But I'm pretty sure that the entire video was exactly the same as the 13 minutes that I did manage to watch.
Non stop bla bla bla bla without pause while playing unrelated stock combat footage.
It's simply not my favorite thing.
But i'm sure that some will enjoy it.
@@lilmike2710 yeah most who watched it, the hundred who liked my comment, and just about everyone else. Two hours of yapping at stock war footage? He explained detailed movements of entire battalions, generals, and countries during one of the most complicated land and sea conflicts in modern military history , over two hours of custom animated high quality graphics? But I guess if you want to view it as yapping at stock footage you can. I guess if you want to hate on somthing for no reason sure, some people are bound to do that.
It is difficult to find this much information on RUclips about these battles. This is the most detailed thing that I have seen on this platform on the battle for Alaska. Thank you.
my grandfather was a artillery engineer, Sargant in the Canadian artillery in the Aleutian islands. he told me stories about when they first landed tanks would be driving then they would hit a sink hole and be gone, then they gave them long poles to probe in front of them. when the Japanese would retreat to another island they would leave cases of sake behind. and poision some of the bottles. a number of people died from it. he bombed them to the end of the chain. there were only a few left. they banzai charged and they wiped them out. after that him and another engineer were tasked with surveying the Alaska highway. they dragged a aluminum boat across the muskeg for years sighting the path. every month a plane would fly over drop supplies and let them know how far off course they were. he said sometimes they were ten kilometers off. they would have to drag the boat back and start over.
Why and where exactly did they have to drag a boat?
@@Eurotool it is muskeg like a swamp. then dry land for a bit.
Wow so interesting, thanks I just got educated on the details of this campaign. If your father-in-law is still alive give him a pat on the back from me. Godbless
That wouldn't even be the half of it. In some places up here the mosquitoes can get so thick you literally can't see the animal they're feeding on.
I've been in rural northern Minnesota before, think that but about 100x worse here in AK.
@@JD-tn5lz I seen a docu about a guy walking thru the Northern part of Canada, from west to east.
At some parts he had to wear anti mosquito gear, because these places were infested with mosquitos...
One would expect less or no mosquitos, in places solid frozen for months...
Such an incredibly underatted and unheard of theatre.
Why Americans don't know more about it surprises me, as it was on their actual land.
it was much about nothing actually, more deaths to nature/disease than combat.
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We would rather teach people Christopher Columbus lies
Too embarrasing? The idea that the Japanese military got us in a surprise attack was one thing, and it served as a suitable casus belli.
But the fact that even in the midst of war they managed a landing on American territory?
Maybe Americans don’t know because they don’t wanna know,if you know what I mean.
Kings and generals has been my go to for historical content for soo many years now and it has never failed to deliver factual history with high quality visuals accurately portraying the information given wrapped up into a high quality historical package
The forgotten theatre getting the attention it deserves.
The Second Sino-Japanese War was even more forgotten
Kings and generals has made the best documentary of the pacific war on youtube ❤
History is my favorite subject of all time because it is how we learn from our mistakes and how to make our lives better and more peaceful
My grandpapa served in the allution islands. We have no idea what he actually did, though. He did talk about it... except he watched an underground fire for a long time and they never turned off their engines because they'd freeze.
Brilliant as always. I like the story of how, just before the withdrawal, JP soldiers put up a sign on their barracks saying "Plague Camp"
It was thanks to this invasion that the Americans got their hands on Akutan Zero, the first Zero acquired by the United States that could be restored to airworthy condition. They used the data from light tests to design the F6F Hellcat. The Hellcat would outperform the Zero in almost every way and downed more enemy aircraft than any other allied aircraft during WW2. Talk about a major self own.
I consider myself a bit of a WW2 armchair historian being well versed in the Pacific battles but had no idea there was even battles on the Aleutian Islands. What a fantastic presentation - thanks.
They are frequently mentioned but usually as part of the Midway campaign.
My grandfather was a firefighter on Adak durring the war. Rolled his fire truck once without injuries.
Having served in the Army and was stationed at Wainwright, which is in Fairbanks, I thank Kings and Generals for this video. Battle Cold and Conquer Mountains.
I conducted an oral history with a nuclear scientist with the United States Air Force. He was stationed in the illusions at one point and described some of the ruins from that battle that still remained when he was stationed there. Up until this video, the most comprehensive view of the battle for these islands I had seen was in the series victory at Sea. though the series had dug in a little bit into the topic, I did not appreciate the comprehensive nature of this conflict until now.
one time i read/watched/heard about Alaska was the diversionary IJN TF during MidWay nobody said they actually went there and thats it!!! this one is a world changer for me!!!!
This is truly a fascinating aspect of the war that doesn't get enough attention. I've heard about it, and I've heard some of these places mentioned, but I've never seen anyone do this kind of analysis. Thank you so much for what you do!
Why should it get more attention. There were like 30 ships in WW2 which sunk with more loss of life than the US lost during the entire camopaign.
@@dannytallmage2971 People should care because it was the only part of the war fought on American soil.
@@LunaticTheCat Pearl Harbor. Wake Island. Midway. Alaskas wasn’t even a state.
Very well done. I was aware of the Alaska campaign, but this is is highly detailed.
McMorris drifting his fleet towards the japanese at 38:10 is something i would never believe is a thought that i needed in my head. But it can stay there because it sounds hilearious.
I appreciate these long, in depth videos on culturally obscure moments like this. I remember asking my high school history teacher about this and all he really said about it was that the Japanese captured one or two islands and it wasn't really important.
A friend of my parents when the lived in Alaska was Charles “Muktuk” Marston who helped organize the Alaska home guard made up predominantly of Inuit and Indigenous Alaskans designed to be the first line of defense if the Japanese invaded the mainland. Later on he would help draft Alaska’s state constitution when it became the 49th state. He took particular care for guaranteeing civil rights for Native Alaskans.
Excellent video of a part of the pacific war that is rarely mentioned
Fantastic documentary. Great work 👏
Thank you for these long form videos about historic wars and empires. I love these long form videos. Especially about the roman empire 😊
This channel never disappoints, keep up the amazing work! 💪
This is an overlooked part of the Pacific Campaign. However, it should one of the most significant.
It was the first time since the War of 1812 the US faced a foreign invasion and occupation.
The Battle of Attu was also the only time of the War where ground combat was fought on US soil.
I love these long form videos.
I found this to be very informative, and entertaining. The animations and presentation were very good and seemed to bring the actions to a realistic level. Thank you.
Awesome! Thank you. That is rarely a topic covered.
YEEESS I WAS WAITING FOR THIS ONE
This Buckner guy sounds like a real character 😂
His father was the man of whom General Grant demanded immediate and unconditional surrender. Later Buckner would take shrapnel from a Japanese artillery shell while inspecting forward positions on Okinawa and dies from his wounds, one of the highest ranking officers killed by enemy fire
Awesome! Thank you so much for this. I love these long for videos that you do. Is there 8th for the New Guinea campaign? That would be epic.
I’m a simple man: I see a Catalina in the thumbnail, I click
Thanks for your hard work KnG as always!
I love these long videos. I pay for the weekly but I enjoy them stitched to gether more
1:10:25 - "The PBY dropped my homework" - helluva excuse, wow
Brilliant work. I didn't previously know about Dr. Tatsuguchi and his diary. A painful story.
Thanks for this full detailed videos to tell us about the bloody ww2. Thanks for your hard work.
What an excellent production ! At first I didn't think I'd last all of the way through it, but it hooked me in and I couldn't stop. I blame it already for the train wreck I'll be in the morning ...
Thank you for this wonderfully written and produced video.
Kings and generals is awesome
Gotta try multiple times to make a comment since saying anything about WW2 is apparently banned on YT.
Bravo! Thank you for this. K and G covers some poorly covered aspects of WWII and these documentaries are an easily accessible and important recording of history. One aspect you may want to look at in the future is captured in the American Memorial Chapel in St. Paul's Cathedral in London where the names of 28,000 Americans who were killed on the way to the UK or in the UK (Slapton Sands etc.) during WWII are recorded. This equates to 50% of the Americans killed in the Vietnam War, a remarkable statistic that is virtually unknown to history.
Thank you for this. 👏🏾🙏🏾💪🏾👍🏾
Amazing quality, extremely well-researched, full of data and figures, got me interested in the P-43 Lancer; please keep up the great work, especially on lesser-known topics. Greetings from Poland!
I need to sleep. How dare you keep me up. Awesome
FOR THE ALGORITHM!!!
Spent 3 days on Kiska in 1983. It was all still just laying there.
Great video to start my morning.
Well made and well covered.
My grandfather served on a small coast guard boat patrolling off the coast of Alaska. He said he missed a dangerous patrol after breaking a bone playing basketball.
Very informative
Its my birthday today 🎉🎉
Happy birthday!
@@KingsandGenerals thank you so much i have a watch this channel for years now its such a good channel to learn
This was the first time since the war of 1812, Americans and Canadians killed each other, but this time it was friendly fire, both thought they were shooting at the Japanese, talk about a cluster F ! Thank you for this, Alaska never got any war story like we should have learned in school. Nice job.
Can you make the Dutch East Indies campaign full video?
I knew my hometown of Kodiak was a naval base in WW2, but I didn't realise just how important it was. I grew up playing in old WW2 observation bunkers.
Wait a minute. ✋🏻🤚🏻Devin, you're telling me that we "liberated" an already abandoned island of Kiska? SEVENTY-ONE American dead too?!! I'm embarrassed. If I were the President, I'd fire admirals and generals, and I'm not talking about transferring them. I'm talking permanent retirement. "Bye! Don't let the door hit ya where the Lord split ya!" 🙋🏻♂️
My Uncle was a US Navy LT in the Seabees at ATTU, Kiska and Adak that I knew of. This is great to see!
My dad was AMM1C, taking care especially of his PBY-5As.
Knew bits and pieces but never the whole arch of this Pacific War theatre
Thank you so much for making this documentary! I’ve always wanted to know more about the Alaska campaign, but it’s nearly impossible to find good information on.
We want pacific war videos FREE 🆓
Embezzling money to secretly build airstrips is so cool
My father was part of the American forces in Alaska during this engagement
I didn’t even know that there was an Alaska’n campaign
Can you make a video about the underrated french conquest of Madagascar?
There are no channel covering history of this part of the world
And to mention people of Madagascar don't look like west african but blasian with fair amount of middle eastern and Indian ancestry in case you made a video about it.
This was an amazing video! I look forward to seeing more, I never knew of the Alaskan campaign, amazing stuff.
Amazing detail and the best video I have ever seen on the subject! My only complaint given all the detail, would be the low level of information on the Canadian forces, and why they were sent to the Aleutians to provide context. For example Ken Boomers aerial victory over Kiska seems to come out the blue with no prior mention of Canadian participation in the campaign up to that point in the video. My understanding is that Canada sent 5 RCN warships and 3 RCAF squadrons in June of 1942. A fourth squadron was sent later in the year.
Thanks!
Good video and information, thank you! One remark: could you please make the shadows of airplanes more blurry? Now, with the sharp shadow, it is very confusing.
A couple of notes. It is ADAK (A-Dak) island. This video calls it ADDAK. That may be an old designation. The other is, for more information, if you can find the book, look for "The 1,000 Mile War." I read this - it has a lot of fascinating information.
Awesome thanks 👍 great job
I knew about the "diversionary" trip to the Aleutians and that there were troops landed. I didn't know any of the rest. Nice and thanks.
Kudos on covering a part of ww2 history that isn’t talked about that much.
Kings and generals banzai ❤
This content is available to watch for free? Sometimes I really do gain hope in humanity. Amazing work on this production.
Even if they lost the overall island, it’s interesting how the IJN pulled off two major evacuations at the Aleutians and Guadalcanal essentially unnoticed
Awesome work!!
I remember visiting the old costal bunkers in OR, i wonderd why they built them if the war was in asia and Europe. That is what gave me my history passion.
I thought all this was members only. Tbh I hate that there’s members only videos we have to pay for. I’ve been subbed for years but the membership vids killed my loyalty to come back to this channel
You don't have to do anything. It is extra content. If you want it, you can get it, if you don't, watch free videos. 3 per week as we have been doing for years.
Thanks for covering a forgotten front!
Im slowly healing from the tiktok brainrot
Thank-You
I had no idea it was such a fierce and large battle.
My dad was with a antiaircraft battery in Alaska right after he joined the Navy. Don’t know much more then that for he didn’t talk much about his wartime activities.
nice sample for the paid pacific war series LOL
Is there a schedule for this week?
There will be one
@@KingsandGenerals thank you
Please make it clearer in the title or description, if this is a compilation of previous videos.
Great video!
@kingsandgenerals Hey can you do a series on the second crusade?
We have started one
Amazing channel
As with others, I had no idea there was a shooting war in the Aleiutian Island -- even though I watched a lot of stories about WW2.. My father-in-law was stationed there through part of the war. But I don't know which months. I had had the idea the base where he was stationed was not engage in firefights.
This is were my father served, God bless him.
Japan has been the only nation so far in history to have conquered any US territory: Alutian Islands, Guam, Wake Island and the Philippines.
If that's your definition of conquered then thats false. The British captured parts of the Carolinas, Maryland, Washington, Maine, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, among others in the War of 1812. The British only completely withdrew under the terms of the Treaty of Ghent signed in 1814
Also a number of Indigenous Nations fought and won territory back from the US so your statement is wrong. Spain also captured territory in the Spanish-American war
@@AB-mw8oz the British captured Ft Detroit that did not necessarily give them control of the MidWest but contested it with the Americans. The East cost was just raided by the British not solidly occupied by them.
A well doumented oodecast.
I continue to watch this video fashinated. I mean there are actually more interesting fronts in the Pacific War but... I mean, it's the arctic. These operations was carried out in particular conditions such 6 months of day/night and harsh climate and again possibly rough storms.
It's a shame that there are no videos dati g back at those years that focus on that front.
Are be watching this channel till I’m buried in my compost heap 😂
Nice video